Archive for the ‘Time’ Category
Nov 21 » by Cali & Jody
There’s a lot of talk in the work/life arena about the social aspect of work. It goes something like this: “When you go to a Results-Only Work Environment, you lose the social aspect of work and people don’t want that to be lost.” Let’s analyze that statement. Is it the organization’s role to manage their [...]
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Posted in Effective management, Presenteeism, Productivity, ROWE, ROWE stories, Time, Work culture, Work Environment | 20 Comments »
Sep 26 » by Stacey Swanson
I play many roles for CultureRx, but primarily ensure sure our clients’ needs are met. This can be fun and challenging at the same time. A few weeks ago, I received an email that was signed “Forever grateful.” This one almost brought me to tears and makes the struggles to help companies adopt a Results-Only [...]
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Tags: Ronnie Wooten, ROWE, social adaptive change, Suntell
Posted in ROWE, ROWE Approved Companies, ROWE mindset, Time, Work culture, Work redefined | 6 Comments »
Jul 26 » by Jody
I couldn’t wait to read Michelle Symons article, Why Project Management and ROWE Don’t Mix, because my first thought was ‘why can’t project managers focus on results?’ ROWE is about one thing: achieving results. How an employee or team accomplishes results is completely up to them. The method in which meet, collaborate and hit deadlines [...]
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Tags: clear expectations, collaboration, communication, meetings, Michelle Symons, outcomes, presenteeism, project management, results, ROWE, Technology, Time, time management
Posted in Accountability, Availability, Communication, Face time, Management, Meetings, Project Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Sludge, Teams, Technology, Time, Uncategorized, Why Work Sucks, Work culture, Work redefined | 24 Comments »
Jul 18 » by Jody
Get this. Your son’s team is in the College World Series this year. You’re the Dad. Last year you missed your son pitching when his team won the National title. This year you’re not about to miss him pitch in the College World Series. But your company says, ‘You know you don’t have any vacation [...]
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Tags: College World Series, Father quits job
Posted in Human Resources, Management, Strange and unfortunate, Time, Vacation Policy, Why Work Sucks, Work-Life | 14 Comments »
May 5 » by Cali & Jody
ROWE is not flexibility. ROWE is not a flexible work arrangement. ROWE is not flex-time. The only “F word” that best describes ROWE is freedom. We understand people who have no control over how they work or are forever asking permission to live their life may see “flexibility” as a ray of hope. It’s not. [...]
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Tags: Best Buy, control, Face time, flex time, flexible work schedules, ROWE, The Office of Personnel Management, The University of Minnesota, The Wall Street Journal
Posted in Accountability, Availability, Balance, Communication, Effective management, Face time, Flexibility, Future of ROWE, Government, Health and wellness, Management, Meetings, News, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Teams, Technology, Telecommuting, The book, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined, Work-Life | 8 Comments »
May 3 » by Jody
Jenny Rough wrote a nice little ditty in the USA Weekend Life & Style section titled ‘Want to Telework? Do Your Homework’. I read it, banged my head against the wall and quickly looked at the calendar to make sure it was still 2011. Let’s take a gander at the suggested tips. Tip #1: Dissect [...]
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Tags: accountability, clear expectations, Face time, Flexibility, Flextime, Measureable results, Probationary periods, results, ROWE, Telecommunting, Telework, USA Weekend Life & Style
Posted in Accountability, Availability, Communication, Effective management, Face time, Flexibility, Management, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Technology, Telecommuting, Time, Why Work Sucks, Work Environment, Work redefined, Work-Life | 11 Comments »
Mar 14 » by Michael Reynolds
If your company has migrated to a ROWE, then you already know how life-changing it can be. You now have control over your life, you are rewarded for productivity and efficiency, and you are treated like an adult. Life is good, right? As awesome as it is to work in a ROWE, no system is [...]
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Tags: accountability, Michael Reynolds, ROWE, Spinweb, time off, trust, vacation policies
Posted in Balance, Communication, Effective management, Flexibility, Health and wellness, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Time, Vacation Policy, Work redefined, Work-Life | 9 Comments »
Jan 10 » by Jody
I wanted to comment on this article by Eric Spitznagel when it came out December 10th, but I poked both my eyes out after reading it and had to get an eye transplant. The subtitle ‘As an alarming number of workers play hooky, corporations are clamping down — and calling in the detectives’ actually made [...]
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Tags: clear expectations, Eric Spitznagel, management, results, ROWE, sick time, Time, trust, work benefits
Posted in Face time, Flexibility, Future of ROWE, Health and wellness, Labor law, ROWE, ROWE mindset, Sick Time, Time, Why Work Sucks, Work-Life | 21 Comments »
Dec 20 » by Cali & Jody
Mark Dixon, CEO of Regus, is a leader who gets it. And we like that a lot. Since founding Regus in Brussels, Belgium in 1989, he has achieved a formidable reputation for leadership and innovation. We like his history lesson about work, and also applaud the callout that coming in early, leaving late and generally [...]
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Tags: Mark Dixon, productivity, Regus, ROWE, social change
Posted in Effective management, Flexibility, Future of ROWE, ROWE mindset, Time, Work culture, Work Environment, Work redefined | 4 Comments »
Nov 29 » by Jody
Imagine my dismay when I pulled into a parking spot at a local Starbucks and saw these signs. Do you add them together? Subtract? ROWE-sters. Please advise.
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Tags: Parking, Starbucks, Time
Posted in ROWE, Time | 8 Comments »
